Zemanek-Münster

Marionette

Mali, Bamana
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Provenance
Cornelis Pieter Meulendijk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Taille
H: 89 cm
H: 35.0 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, a female half figure with high tapering headgear rising from a long staff, partly stud with metal sheet, min. dam., minor missing parts, fissures, slight traces of abrasion;
presumably belonging to a puppet figure “merekun”. The puppet theatre “sogo bò” is subject to the patronage of “kamalen ton”, a society of boys coming from one village community. The theatre consists of a sequence of singular scenes, interrupted by short performances of singing and dancing.


Littérature comparée

Bambara sculpture from the Western Sudan, New York 1960, p. 34, ill. 42

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